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Radioactive blue dye injected to the breast for lymph node dissection
Breast Cancer | Last Active: May 27 10:19am | Replies (79)Comment receiving replies
@beebeebaby123
It really isn't the most pleasant procedure in the world - I nearly broke my daughter's hand squeezing it as the dye went in. The tech injecting was really sweet and stopped for a few seconds explaining how sorry she was, but that the dye is a thick emulsion and that's why it is so painful. Good thing is, surgeons can see exactly where the course of the dye goes. In my case unfortunately, the dye followed a lymph node which had eroded into the lymphatic system.
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@beebeebaby123 and trixie1313
Before my lumpectomy, I did some research and presented it to my surgeon who thankfully was head of the Women's Breast Health department. I showed her the papers noting that the sentinel node radioactive tracer injection used by most hospitals was painful (not just uncomfortable) to most women, that a competing hospital used a different tracer (Lymphoseek) which was a few dollars more expensive but not at all painful. She immediately ordered the Lymphoseek and, as noted earlier, it was a non-event for me.